Implementation of evidence-based stroke care: Enablers, Barriers, And the role of facilitators

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 389-400

  Purvis, Tara ^a,b   Moss, Karen ^b   Denisenko, Sonia ^c   Bladin, Chris ^b,e   Cadilhac, Dominique A ^a,b,d  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Department of Health   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Facilitators; Implementation; Qualitative; Stroke; Stroke management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STROKE NETWORK FACILITATOR; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84908142845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S67348     Document Type: Article

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